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1 online resource (x, 174 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Election Day 1860 and Cabinet Making -- 2. The Fort Sumter Crisis: March-April 1861 -- 3. Distributing Patronage: 1861 -- 4. Frontier Guards at the White House: 1861 -- 5. Washington Besieged: April 1861-- 6. The First Battle of Bull Run: July 21, 1861 -- 7. Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton -- 8. Lincoln and General George B. McClellan -- 9. Lincoln Removes McClellan from Command: November 1862 -- 10. Cabinet Crisis: December 1862 -- 11. Lincoln's Fame |
| Summary |
In 1890 Abraham Lincoln's two main White House secretaries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, published the ten-volume biography Abraham Lincoln: A History. Although the authors witnessed the daily events occurring within the executive mansion and the national Capitol, their lengthy biography is more a recounting of the Civil War era than a study of Lincoln's life. Editor Michael Burlingame sifted through the original forty-seven-hundred-page work and selected only the personal observations of the secretaries during the Lincoln presidency, placing ten excerpts in c |
| Notes |
Excerpts from: Abraham Lincoln : a history / by John G. Nicolay and John Hay |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-167) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Anecdotes.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates -- Anecdotes
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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Lincoln, Abraham, (1809-1865) -- Anecdotes. ram |
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Lincoln, Abraham, (1809-1865) -- Amis et relations. ram |
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Anecdotes
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Friendship
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Politics and government
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Presidents
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Présidents -- États-Unis -- Biographies -- Anecdotes.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Anecdotes
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Anecdotes.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140210
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United States
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États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Anecdotes
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Burlingame, Michael, 1941-
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Hay, John, 1838-1905
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Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901.
Abraham Lincoln
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| ISBN |
9780809387403 |
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0809387409 |
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